Live Video Collection And Distribution System and Method

Abstract

A live video streaming unit and method for streaming live video through a network to a number of viewers are disclosed. The live video streaming unit is sized and adapted for being worn on a person, and is configured to capture, encode and stream audio and video in real time from any location over a wireless network to a server. The collected live video and audio streams from the live video streaming units worn by the of users is then transmitted to at least one server over the wireless network.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a live video streaming unit that captures, encodes and streams audio and video in real time from any location over a wireless network to a server, the live video streaming unit being sized and adapted for being worn on a person.   
   
   
       2 . An apparatus in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the live video streaming unit is further sized to fit on the person's ear. 
   
   
       3 . An apparatus in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the live video streaming unit is sized and adapted to provide a video capture angle associated with a line-of-sight of the person. 
   
   
       4 . An apparatus in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the live video streaming unit includes an interface to a wireless radio device. 
   
   
       5 . An apparatus in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the interface includes Bluetooth. 
   
   
       6 . An apparatus in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein the wireless radio device is a cellular telephone. 
   
   
       7 . A method for aggregating video data, the method comprising
 collecting live video and audio streams by a plurality of users wearing a live video streaming unit, the live video streaming unit having an interface to a wireless network; and   transmitting the collected live video and audio streams from the live video streaming units worn by the plurality of users to at least one server over the wireless network.   
   
   
       8 . A method in accordance with  claim 7 , further comprising storing the transmitted and collected live video and audio streams based on an account profile established by each of the plurality of users. 
   
   
       9 . A method in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein collecting live video and audio streams by a plurality of users wearing a live video streaming unit further includes positioning one or more of the live video streaming units to capture a video angle associated with a line-of-site of an associated user of the plurality of users. 
   
   
       10 . A method in accordance with  claim 7 , wherein transmitting the collected live video and audio streams further includes encoding and compressing the live video and audio streams by one or more of the live video streaming units.